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but we started to hear about the role of government and the idea of what the romney-ryan ticket would do. the obama campaign felt that it shifted into their direction and some people thought in the romney-ryan world that it shifted in a direction that romney has enjoyed very much in that it made it a bigger argument about the role of government and that the two of them create addai unanimousic sort of combination that will make their ticket more salable perhaps. gwen: jackie let's talk about paul ryan. there are generalizations of who he is, that he's a tea party conservative. who is he in the context of this campaign? >> in this campaign it's interesting. there's not a lot of space between him and mitt romney when it comes to what they're running on or stand for. but he has made this -- i mean, where as mitt romney has changed positions over time. paul ryan's been very consistent for the most part and he has put details on these -- on his beliefs that governor romney up until now was sort of avoiding. so it's made this choice really interesting to me that they seem to be running a ca
but we started to hear about the role of government and the idea of what the romney-ryan ticket would do. the obama campaign felt that it shifted into their direction and some people thought in the romney-ryan world that it shifted in a direction that romney has enjoyed very much in that it made it a bigger argument about the role of government and that the two of them create addai unanimousic sort of combination that will make their ticket more salable perhaps. gwen: jackie let's talk about...
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congressman paul ryan joins the romney ticket. we look at what choosing ryan, the powerful house budget committee chairman does for mitt romney's presidential chances. and an update on the 2012 drought: what is the federal government doing now to help farmers. that and more tonight on "n.b.r."! >> susie: the economic agenda of mitt romney and paul ryan was "topic a", across the country today. presidential candidate romney, and his new vice presidential pick, hit the road today to talk to voters about their economic plan. ryan was stumping in iowa, his first event alone. and romney was in florida, continuing his bus tour of swing states. voters, and investors are trying to figure out what this new ticket means for the economy, and their investments. washington bureau chief darren gersh reports. >> reporter: for investment pros, analyzing what paul ryan could mean for markets is two- step process: first, will he help romney win? he has clearly energized conservative voters and may help put wisconsin into romney's column, but his pla
congressman paul ryan joins the romney ticket. we look at what choosing ryan, the powerful house budget committee chairman does for mitt romney's presidential chances. and an update on the 2012 drought: what is the federal government doing now to help farmers. that and more tonight on "n.b.r."! >> susie: the economic agenda of mitt romney and paul ryan was "topic a", across the country today. presidential candidate romney, and his new vice presidential pick, hit the...
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. >> romney and ryan have finally gotten around to strategically asking that question, are you better off now than you were four years ago? the obama administration initially stumbled upon that a answer. i suspect they are going to answer that question, but i guess i am wondering whether a strategy of it could have been worse is what they want to hear, so how are you going to answer the question are you better now than you were four years ago? >> i think you have to ask where people were in 2008. most people are much worse off, but it is not enough. you have to paint a picture of where we are going and how we get there. it is going to be better than today, because too many americans are hurting today. we have too much poverty. americans are still under water in terms of their homes. one out of every three or four americans owes more on their home than what they are worth your your this is not a time to celebrate. the direction they are going on is positive, but it is not enough, and i hope president obama tells the american people how we are going to get from here to where he wants to
. >> romney and ryan have finally gotten around to strategically asking that question, are you better off now than you were four years ago? the obama administration initially stumbled upon that a answer. i suspect they are going to answer that question, but i guess i am wondering whether a strategy of it could have been worse is what they want to hear, so how are you going to answer the question are you better now than you were four years ago? >> i think you have to ask where people...
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there is still plenty for us to do for governor romney and congress member ryan over the course of the next 70 plus days. it is time to get to work. >> belva: voter registration in california for republicans has dropped to just a little over 30%. making it difficult for them to defeat barack obama. but like their colleagues in red states, california republicans are doing all they can to deliver the country from mitt romney. >> the tea party is mobilizing to help get out the vote. we're going to reno in september and october. >> belva: california republican party chair tom declared his plan. >> nancy pelosi declared us a battle ground state. what i can do is make sure we can bring home the congressional races and hold on to the state senate. >> belva: some notable california republicans skipped the convince opting to stay home and campaign. but running against senator dianne feinstein decided to attend at the last minute. >> what gives you hope? >> the way we are polling gives me hope. she is at the lowest of her career. i'm 12 points behind her. that is a horse race to me. befrnlts ano
there is still plenty for us to do for governor romney and congress member ryan over the course of the next 70 plus days. it is time to get to work. >> belva: voter registration in california for republicans has dropped to just a little over 30%. making it difficult for them to defeat barack obama. but like their colleagues in red states, california republicans are doing all they can to deliver the country from mitt romney. >> the tea party is mobilizing to help get out the vote....
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>> the title has three meanings, but we get stuck on one, thanks to mitt romney and paul ryan. why does it happen that 90% of identified republicans according to the gallup poll are white in a country that is now 62% non- hispanic white? looking at this house some moved away towards the democratic party, and what -- looking at how some moved away towards the democratic party. they were very good at taking some of the chaos of the 1960's, using it against the democrats, and convincing these middle- class people that government had been identified with the interests of minorities and the poor and was not working for them anymore and luring them over to become the republican base. that title gets a lot of attention, because we have seen such a rationalized -- such a campaign, particularly as mitt romney and paul ryan use welface that is -- use a version of welfare that is blackface. it may not be working for them. tavis: the subtitle is no less provocative. "why we long for a golden age that never was." a majority of americans that believe our best days are behind us. there are ma
>> the title has three meanings, but we get stuck on one, thanks to mitt romney and paul ryan. why does it happen that 90% of identified republicans according to the gallup poll are white in a country that is now 62% non- hispanic white? looking at this house some moved away towards the democratic party, and what -- looking at how some moved away towards the democratic party. they were very good at taking some of the chaos of the 1960's, using it against the democrats, and convincing...
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that's the difference between the romney ryan plan. by the way, they talk a lot about the deficit charlie, what they don't say is that the romney ryan plan will take 29 years to solve the deficit. they-- it is a little thing that me-- . >> rose: how many years will it take for president obama's proposal. >> it will be much shorter than that. >> rose: 10 years, 20 year, 15 years. >> probably somewhere around 15. but i don't have an exact number. i do know because they haven't analyzed that, what i do know is that his plan would take about, almost three decades. >> rose: will the president lay out the future in this convention. >> without question. he will play out his plan for its deficit, his plan for job creation, and by the way, moody analytic, do you know where mr. romney got the 12 million number, as you know, he talked about creating 12 million jobsment didn't say how he was going to do it. the president in in distinction will, but moody analytics, separate, independent of the president has said if we stay the course with respect
that's the difference between the romney ryan plan. by the way, they talk a lot about the deficit charlie, what they don't say is that the romney ryan plan will take 29 years to solve the deficit. they-- it is a little thing that me-- . >> rose: how many years will it take for president obama's proposal. >> it will be much shorter than that. >> rose: 10 years, 20 year, 15 years. >> probably somewhere around 15. but i don't have an exact number. i do know because they...
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the romney/ryan plan, is it politically unpopular? he has to bring that up. >> woodruff: how do you see it, mark? >> i would say with paul ryan, he's got to keep it going. the republicans are on a roll right now, they feel they're on a roll. but he should heed the council of robert frost to john kennedy who said be more boston and less harvard. i would say be more wisconsin more walk shaw than washington, d.c. he cannot give in words his powerpoint if he mentions sequestration oncetor committee as a whole or the motion to recommit eyes will glaze over he's got to stay on offense but at the same time he has to par tri differences between him and governor romney and especially changes that governor romney -- several incarnations that have gone to is going to parry that, not to get into the weeds but parry it. as far as joe biden, i think he's got a tougher but in many ways more simple. he's got to lift the spirits of the spirited -- dispirited democrats. i think he f he does that -- he is the happy warrior, very much so. a lot more so t
the romney/ryan plan, is it politically unpopular? he has to bring that up. >> woodruff: how do you see it, mark? >> i would say with paul ryan, he's got to keep it going. the republicans are on a roll right now, they feel they're on a roll. but he should heed the council of robert frost to john kennedy who said be more boston and less harvard. i would say be more wisconsin more walk shaw than washington, d.c. he cannot give in words his powerpoint if he mentions sequestration...
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gwen: and yet we've seen mitt romney and paul ryan continuing to talk about this every single day. which is interesting. because we are told that americans aren't voting on foreign policy issues. and yet here is one that won't go away. >> it's interesting also because this issue is -- is an issue that until quite recently, president obama had a huge lead against -- gwen: you were saying osama bin laden and the conversation would end. >> the polls do suggest they are chipping away at that. it's an interesting strategy, though, because as one republican strategist who's worried about it told me, when you start playing on those issues, you are playing on the commander in chief's turf. and the only time that that has ever really worked and made a difference in an election was with jimmy carter. gwen: and one of the things that joe biden was trying to do was to get back at that is to put the grinning and the smiling and the condescension was to try to say i know this guy. you can back up on this. and even on domestic issues, like the stimulus. which the republicans have always criticize
gwen: and yet we've seen mitt romney and paul ryan continuing to talk about this every single day. which is interesting. because we are told that americans aren't voting on foreign policy issues. and yet here is one that won't go away. >> it's interesting also because this issue is -- is an issue that until quite recently, president obama had a huge lead against -- gwen: you were saying osama bin laden and the conversation would end. >> the polls do suggest they are chipping away at...
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have to do more explaining and in the first hour he did a better job hitting at romney than ryan did hitting at obama. i think ryan, though, was, came across as ernest, knowledgeable and polite, whereas especially in that first hour, joe biden was clearly playing by cable debate rules, which is interrupt and talk over your opponent at will. i think al is right that is going to enthuse democrats. i am not sure how it is going to play with undecided voters. me personally and i am not an undecided veert it came across as off putting, obnoxious and rude and i can guarantee that on the shows tomorrow morning and in the cable discussion going forward, tomorrow and into the weekend the biden smiles and the biden smirks and the biden interruptions will be a juicy topic for discussion. >> rose: mark hall snrin. >> halperin? >> well, i am mostly going to paraphrase what rich lowry just said, there are two things that clearly come out of this, one is the detrimentally base is going to be pleased that they thought, saw the somebody fighting on their behalf and being aggressive on a lot of big is
have to do more explaining and in the first hour he did a better job hitting at romney than ryan did hitting at obama. i think ryan, though, was, came across as ernest, knowledgeable and polite, whereas especially in that first hour, joe biden was clearly playing by cable debate rules, which is interrupt and talk over your opponent at will. i think al is right that is going to enthuse democrats. i am not sure how it is going to play with undecided voters. me personally and i am not an undecided...
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i think mitt romney made a poor choice with paul ryan. there was the government is bad side, except when it comes to reproductive rights, where suddenly they know more than women and their doctors, but there are other issues. he is saying to forget about government, but i think he needs to take back this issue that government is just the enemy. we need some balance. i do not think he is going to do it, but i think he means, not just as basic, to move to the center, but move to that playset recognizes that a better balance between a free-market and democratic government is the only way capitalism has ever worked for democracy has ever worked, and anyone who says we just need the state, you get the soviet union, and anyone who says you just need the market, you end up with anarchy, chaos. you end up with competitive factors, the civil war, capitalism, people getting very rich, and right now, i think that is really the danger for him, and he has got to find a way to make it clear he is not an enemy of democracy or an enemy of the public sect
i think mitt romney made a poor choice with paul ryan. there was the government is bad side, except when it comes to reproductive rights, where suddenly they know more than women and their doctors, but there are other issues. he is saying to forget about government, but i think he needs to take back this issue that government is just the enemy. we need some balance. i do not think he is going to do it, but i think he means, not just as basic, to move to the center, but move to that playset...
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the reason the president wants to staple ryan and romney together is to make -- put romney on the hook for every piece of specificity in the quite specific ryan budget so that he can say, answer for this, that and the other thing. the biggest thing of course being the changes in medicare. >> and barack obama aside, romney got caught up with embraced ryan so fulsomely because it was -- it shows that he can't quite get into the general election. because the wisconsin primary this week was what he was in. and paul ryan is from wisconsin. he needed paul ryan's endorsement. and so they were joined at the hip. so just shows the extent to which mitt romney continues to be in a primary battle even though everybody thinks he's going to be the nominee. gwen: how successful can the republican whoever it is nominee be targeterring the president -- the fear of obama's second term? how much is that central to what the -- what all these arguments are about? >> well, the argument that mitt romney made in front of the newspaper editors was that the president in his first two years did a lot of really a
the reason the president wants to staple ryan and romney together is to make -- put romney on the hook for every piece of specificity in the quite specific ryan budget so that he can say, answer for this, that and the other thing. the biggest thing of course being the changes in medicare. >> and barack obama aside, romney got caught up with embraced ryan so fulsomely because it was -- it shows that he can't quite get into the general election. because the wisconsin primary this week was...
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obviously, romney and ryan worked it out in little better. but paul ryan had this sickly sweet and semi smile and smug. obama was disastrous looking down all the time. joe biden had the smile takick. none of it was good. if you put the camera on trout's while i was talking and he is going like this -- on charles while i was talking and he is going like this. >> what i am talking about on strength is, if i sit here and i lie about charles -- what happens is that the legitimate response is one of anger. you're lying again and i will not take it. the president was an emotional when romney was openly fabricating about administration policy and his own positions and his failure to show any emotion , that the lied to viewers and voters a sense of weakness. >> see you next week. >> for a transcript to this broadcast, right to inside washington. >> brought to you in part by the american federation of government employees, proud to make america work. for more information about afge and membership, visit
obviously, romney and ryan worked it out in little better. but paul ryan had this sickly sweet and semi smile and smug. obama was disastrous looking down all the time. joe biden had the smile takick. none of it was good. if you put the camera on trout's while i was talking and he is going like this -- on charles while i was talking and he is going like this. >> what i am talking about on strength is, if i sit here and i lie about charles -- what happens is that the legitimate response is...
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. >> there is paul ryan teaming up with romney in wisconsin. marco rubio keeps saying no. >> they are comfortable with each other. do you go macro or micro? i want to carry estate, that is why i want rockport and. or do you go macro, make a statement about who i am, and he picks somebody outside of the political arena -- david petraeus. paul ryan brings with him a lot of conservative columnists and it certainly the editorial page of "the wall street journal." >> governor of new mexico, governor of south carolina? >> if politicians have learned anything from palin, it is you have to have somebody who is bent in the world a bit -- has been in the world a bit. if you choose somebody who is a relative novice, you are asking for trouble. >> the person he would like to pick, i think, is rob portman. his kind of guy. >> safe choices -- pawlenty, mitch daniels, john thune. >> all safe. lcomplete anti-charisma at ticket. [laughter] might work, considering who we elected in 2008. marco rubio -- look, i am sure there are a lot of people in that have been
. >> there is paul ryan teaming up with romney in wisconsin. marco rubio keeps saying no. >> they are comfortable with each other. do you go macro or micro? i want to carry estate, that is why i want rockport and. or do you go macro, make a statement about who i am, and he picks somebody outside of the political arena -- david petraeus. paul ryan brings with him a lot of conservative columnists and it certainly the editorial page of "the wall street journal." >>...
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obama-biden if they're re-elected, romney-ryan if they are elected. but my job will be strictly to engage on those stark differences. so the... although this is being done for the voters. this isn't a television program. these are not people out there watching for ratings. these are people who are deciding for whom to vote for president of the united states. my job is strictly to help the candidates, help the candidates explain in a way that the voters understand what the choices really are. >> brown: help the candidates do that. >> yes. the candidates need to be able to explain it. need to be able to explain their positions. but it's in a way that is understandable and that is... there's enough time there for the moderator in the case of the first debate which i'll be moderating, time for me to kind of probe and ask follow-ups and try to get them to engage in all of that. remember it's being done for the voters. that's it. that's what it's all about. >> brown: we talk all the time these days about doing politics, doing the news media in the age of so
obama-biden if they're re-elected, romney-ryan if they are elected. but my job will be strictly to engage on those stark differences. so the... although this is being done for the voters. this isn't a television program. these are not people out there watching for ratings. these are people who are deciding for whom to vote for president of the united states. my job is strictly to help the candidates, help the candidates explain in a way that the voters understand what the choices really are....
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idea lodge, ballast of the romney ryan ticket. and the democrats, obama and biden are going to talk about ryan for the next two months. the only point of actual direct engagement with paul ryan will be that night on that debate stage. and will it change the election? who knows but a lot of people will pay attention to it. so the pressure on bidesen extraordinarily high which goes back to the original point of why they picked ryan. because now ryan at least has a shot of changing the dynamic a little bit in that debate. i don't think as john was saying that a portman-biden debate would have done that. >> rose: go ahead. >> no, no, i'm great. >> rose: all right. i want to make this point. there are a lot of people, in terms-- and they always ought to be made in politics t is what the people are going to vote say rather than people like us or people who write think and maggie-- having said that you have neil ferguson saying he went to this meeting on the cover story in "newsweek", saying he went to this meeting and said to himself pa
idea lodge, ballast of the romney ryan ticket. and the democrats, obama and biden are going to talk about ryan for the next two months. the only point of actual direct engagement with paul ryan will be that night on that debate stage. and will it change the election? who knows but a lot of people will pay attention to it. so the pressure on bidesen extraordinarily high which goes back to the original point of why they picked ryan. because now ryan at least has a shot of changing the dynamic a...
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mitt romney and paul ryan. >> why is it not happening? you cannot do anything between now and the election, but you can do something in january. as we mentioned before, a steady improvement in the economy, an improvement that would benefit the next president, by the way. >> 2% growth is pretty -- >> i welcome the cliff. congress is just a hopeless, completely hopeless. it will take over the cliff to get the deal could i am hopeful that we will get a deal, and want measurement is a businessman, who don't like taxes, getting together and saying, hey, taxes. >> "i will elcome the cliff" by at the thomas. >> evan always thinks that if it gets really bad, the problem will solve itself. wrong. it has just gotten worse. >> i respect the ceo's. i wonder where they were when we were trying to work out a debt ceiling arrangement i wonder where they were when mitt romney's 1 or promise, 20% across-the-board tax cut, and how you achieve any kind of sanity on debt and deficit without that is beyond my comprehension. >> maybe he doesn't believe that, e
mitt romney and paul ryan. >> why is it not happening? you cannot do anything between now and the election, but you can do something in january. as we mentioned before, a steady improvement in the economy, an improvement that would benefit the next president, by the way. >> 2% growth is pretty -- >> i welcome the cliff. congress is just a hopeless, completely hopeless. it will take over the cliff to get the deal could i am hopeful that we will get a deal, and want measurement...
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mitt romney chose paul ryan as his running mate. today, he was busy stumping for votes in iowa. president obama also happened to be campaigning in the same state. the comparisons were clear. >> he is an numbers speak -- geek with a common touch. the would be vice-president went solo. >> president obama has given us four years of trillion dollar deficits. he is making matters worse than he is spending our children into a diminished future. we do not have to stand for that. >> at the mild mr. western personality -- democrats are convinced he is a liability. the obama campaign is warning paul ryan would take an ax to state funded care for the elderly. >> they would choose between food and going to a doctor. >> those kind of cuts are going to be incredibly painful to the working-class%. >> as for the president, he was there, too. three days in a swing state whose farms are reeling from a summer drought. the president says congress could ease this paint any called out in his new arrival by name. >> if you happen to see congressman ryan, tell them how important this farm bill is. we h
mitt romney chose paul ryan as his running mate. today, he was busy stumping for votes in iowa. president obama also happened to be campaigning in the same state. the comparisons were clear. >> he is an numbers speak -- geek with a common touch. the would be vice-president went solo. >> president obama has given us four years of trillion dollar deficits. he is making matters worse than he is spending our children into a diminished future. we do not have to stand for that. >>...
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when romney picked paul ryan, i actually thought this was going to elevate the campaign into a real discussion about the role of government and the nature of capitalism, but it has not happened. >> what is your sense about how social media can change the game from being about issues and the stuff but does matter and not just a typical historical covering of the horse race? are we doing anything to change that conversation? >> yes, i think the potential is still there, and what has already happened is to give a voice to millions of people who would not have had a voice before. we have citizen journalist here in charlotte. we brought them here to cover the campaign and bring in some different perspectives. there is no question that in the end social media and new media can be ice huge country being forced to the power of money -- can be a huge force in the power of money. tavis: what say you about the increasing cynicism of the american people? i am not one who believes that is not without a legitimate reason, but what is your sense about the cynicism that seems to be running amok and when our b
when romney picked paul ryan, i actually thought this was going to elevate the campaign into a real discussion about the role of government and the nature of capitalism, but it has not happened. >> what is your sense about how social media can change the game from being about issues and the stuff but does matter and not just a typical historical covering of the horse race? are we doing anything to change that conversation? >> yes, i think the potential is still there, and what has...
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and paul ryan, i mean, i know were talking about romney, but paul ryan said something last night that - he said, you know, that obama enacted this thing nobody asked for it. nobody wanted it. well, obama ran on health care. he said this is what i want to do. this is what im offering to you. and we elected him. >> suarez: what are the major issues for you as you make up your minds in the next couple of weeks, ben? >> i think really for me, i was a little disappointed that he sort of education, he mentioned it for about a sentence. i would have liked to have seen that a little bit more. this might entirely be because my mother is a teacher and im a college student, but, i mean, really feel that education is probably one of the most important things that our government can do for us. >> what he needed to do - what he could have done that would have been, i think, very helpful for me, is to tell me how your business experience translates into being the chief executive of our country and developing jobs for our economy. and maybe you cant do it in a 30-minute speech, maybe that's the probl
and paul ryan, i mean, i know were talking about romney, but paul ryan said something last night that - he said, you know, that obama enacted this thing nobody asked for it. nobody wanted it. well, obama ran on health care. he said this is what i want to do. this is what im offering to you. and we elected him. >> suarez: what are the major issues for you as you make up your minds in the next couple of weeks, ben? >> i think really for me, i was a little disappointed that he sort of...
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debate, i don't think there's any doubt that congressman ryan and i, governor romney and the president, we have a fundamentally different vision for america. and quite frankly a fundamentally different value set. >> woodruff: democrats had been down after president obama's performance last week, but the vice-president aggressively challenged every point ryan made, prompting this exchange. >> mr. vice president, i know you're under a lot of duress... >> ( laughs ) >> ...to make up for lost ground, but i think people would be better served if we don't keep interrupting each other. >> well, don't take all the four minutes, then. >> woodruff: the president was quick to hail that performance immediately after the debate. >> i thought joe biden was terrific tonight. i could not be prouder of him. i thought he made a very strong case. >> woodruff: republican ryan sounded upbeat about how he'd done at a diner this morning before leaving lexington, kentucky. >> i felt great about it. >> reporter: did you feel knocked around by him? >> no, it's what i expected. >> woodruff: and mitt romney prais
debate, i don't think there's any doubt that congressman ryan and i, governor romney and the president, we have a fundamentally different vision for america. and quite frankly a fundamentally different value set. >> woodruff: democrats had been down after president obama's performance last week, but the vice-president aggressively challenged every point ryan made, prompting this exchange. >> mr. vice president, i know you're under a lot of duress... >> ( laughs ) >>...
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gwen: as paul ryan a great help to mitt romney as joe biden was at this time four years ago for barack obama? >> oh, yeah. i definitely think so. gwen: you do? his speech got some criticism for being selective in its facts, is what -- >> that's a whole other interesting dynamic of where we are in this race and that is do facts matter? watch at the white house or with the obama campaign the frustration that they feel because as the president, there's a feeling that we can have our campaign surrogates tell you some whoppers but the president is somewhat more wedded to something related to the facts. and they're concerned that the direction that the campaign has gone in both ways, directions has been what shall we say, whopper laden, right? and maybe it doesn't matter or we're seeing so many voters made up their minds. they already believe that they know how they're going to vote, that maybe that is what is feeding this idea of keep stoking those fires. gwen: now we have to talk about clint eastwood. why? because if we didn't, we would be the only people on television not talking about cl
gwen: as paul ryan a great help to mitt romney as joe biden was at this time four years ago for barack obama? >> oh, yeah. i definitely think so. gwen: you do? his speech got some criticism for being selective in its facts, is what -- >> that's a whole other interesting dynamic of where we are in this race and that is do facts matter? watch at the white house or with the obama campaign the frustration that they feel because as the president, there's a feeling that we can have our...
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the romney/ryan ticket is absolutely maizing. everybody will leave excited and wound up through november 6. >> brown: one of the big questions, of course, has been whether and how mitt romney connects with people. the polls suggest that he's still having some trouble. y do you think that is and what does he have to do? >> i think he's the new nominee. i think it's time for america to learn who mitt romney is. and we're starting tonight with ann romney coming out on stage telling the personal story about who she is, how they met, how... what a really caring person he is. i've heard that story. i've heard her talk about when she was diagnosed with m.s. and how devastating that was and he said to her-- and i'm not going to tell it because i hope she tells it later, if not you come back to me and i will because it's such a touching story that he would be there for her regardless of what happened and how much he cares about her job. her job being the mother of those five incredible boys. >> brown: i can't help before i let you go noti
the romney/ryan ticket is absolutely maizing. everybody will leave excited and wound up through november 6. >> brown: one of the big questions, of course, has been whether and how mitt romney connects with people. the polls suggest that he's still having some trouble. y do you think that is and what does he have to do? >> i think he's the new nominee. i think it's time for america to learn who mitt romney is. and we're starting tonight with ann romney coming out on stage telling the...
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mitt romney and paul ryan will be up to the job on day one. [cheers and applause] like paul ryan, i'm from wisconsin, where republicans have done pretty well in recent years. well here's why. because we govern like we campaign. we made promises and we kept promises. that's what americans want. leaders of their word. well, president obama, as we all know, is a man of many words but he's not a man of his word. he broke his promise to cut the deficit in half. and he broke his promise to fix the economy. and adding insult to injury, he actually attacks success. this president looks down on american free enterprise. as speaker boehner just said, the president said if you got a business, you didn't build that. we do build it, right? [crowd cheering] that makes me think, that makes me think that barack obama has a problem with the american dream. i grew up in a place called cause kenosha, wisconsin. my dad was an electrician and he retired from the unified school district. you know when we drove through the town, he didn't point to that big beautiful
mitt romney and paul ryan will be up to the job on day one. [cheers and applause] like paul ryan, i'm from wisconsin, where republicans have done pretty well in recent years. well here's why. because we govern like we campaign. we made promises and we kept promises. that's what americans want. leaders of their word. well, president obama, as we all know, is a man of many words but he's not a man of his word. he broke his promise to cut the deficit in half. and he broke his promise to fix the...
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on that level and you can see paul ryan having being the sort of person that mitt romney would have hired when he was at bain capital. >> woodruff: does this mean it improves romney's chances at winning? >> what does it mean in terms of the longer term. >> i don't think it durx judy. i think it makes the election a lot more choice than simply a referendum on barack obama which is what you ideally would like to have it. given the state of the economy, unemployment in the country and the doubts about the president's job rating. you want it to be a referendum on him. i think because paul ryan comes with a definition w a precise biography, with an established ideology and philosophy, something that mitt romney doesn't have, it makes it it a lot more of a choice election amount of and quite bluntly, i think that if i were running the republican campaign and thank goodness both for them and me that i'm not, i want it to be about the economy. i want it to be about jobs, 8% unemployment. i don't want it to be about medicare. >> woodruff: what about this idea, rich, that instead of the focus
on that level and you can see paul ryan having being the sort of person that mitt romney would have hired when he was at bain capital. >> woodruff: does this mean it improves romney's chances at winning? >> what does it mean in terms of the longer term. >> i don't think it durx judy. i think it makes the election a lot more choice than simply a referendum on barack obama which is what you ideally would like to have it. given the state of the economy, unemployment in the...
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when we look at the ryan-romney... excuse me, the romney-ryan team talking about this foreign policy mess, the unraveling as paul ryan referred to it, particularly including libya and the larger middle east policy, what do you see? what do you make of that? >> well, i'm afraid there is truth in the fact that the position of the united states in the middle east is unraveling. but one has to go back a number of years and ask what has set that process in motion? i'm afraid that the united states simply has fumbled over the years. the unique opportunity it had to shape a more stable and more peaceful middle east. >> brown: what do you mean by that? >> well, first of all, the israeli-palestinian peace issue. you know, today the middle east... the masses are stirring. every public opinion poll tells us the masses have a negative view of american position on that issue because they see the united states as failing to move the peace process forward. i'm afraid there is some truth to that conclusion. >> brown: walter mead, what
when we look at the ryan-romney... excuse me, the romney-ryan team talking about this foreign policy mess, the unraveling as paul ryan referred to it, particularly including libya and the larger middle east policy, what do you see? what do you make of that? >> well, i'm afraid there is truth in the fact that the position of the united states in the middle east is unraveling. but one has to go back a number of years and ask what has set that process in motion? i'm afraid that the united...
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romney is tied to it. >> what will be fascinating is if mitt romney did choose paul ryan as a running mate. whatever one says about paul ryan, he is the intellectual start of the republican party. as did i -- as it is might now come romney's record is that those who are comfortable will be more comfortable. barack obama said that the other 98% of your taxes will be raised. you are only to raise taxes -- on the top less than 2% of americans, those making over $250,000 -- both of them are basically saying "free lunch." >> former president george bush said this week that if you do that, you are taxing small businesses and slowing down job creators. >> first of all, the first thing that what happened in the second obama administration is that the bush tax cuts would go out of the fact. there would be more revenue from that. that would happen instantly. there is this growing economic gap in this country, which obama would try to address some what, and obama is comfortable with saying that if you make money, we will help you make more money but i don't think he is opposed to some sort of si
romney is tied to it. >> what will be fascinating is if mitt romney did choose paul ryan as a running mate. whatever one says about paul ryan, he is the intellectual start of the republican party. as did i -- as it is might now come romney's record is that those who are comfortable will be more comfortable. barack obama said that the other 98% of your taxes will be raised. you are only to raise taxes -- on the top less than 2% of americans, those making over $250,000 -- both of them are...
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>> i hope that both ryan, paul ryan, and governor romney will introduce themselves as men, as individuals, as family guys because a lot of people may be familiar with their general politics but they also hear just the 30-second ads. so swing voters, guys who are still making up their mind who romney is as a person and the same thing with ryan, i think that's important. the second piece is to make sure people understand the ryan plan, the welfare reform, the medicare reforms, so that people have a general sense that they're comfortable with those, that they're not scary, that they will work and if they can do those two things, both of which are global, that's a good thing. >> rose: with respect to governor romney, do you believe somehow that the man he is is not being perceived by america? not withstanding the fact that he's been campaigning across this country for a fair number of months? >> if you sat through a half hour speech of his you probably got it. but most americans haven't. they get soundbites from television and they haven't had the 15-minute conversation. >> rose: he's been al
>> i hope that both ryan, paul ryan, and governor romney will introduce themselves as men, as individuals, as family guys because a lot of people may be familiar with their general politics but they also hear just the 30-second ads. so swing voters, guys who are still making up their mind who romney is as a person and the same thing with ryan, i think that's important. the second piece is to make sure people understand the ryan plan, the welfare reform, the medicare reforms, so that...
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i think this is also not about mitt romney in the sense it's about paul ryan. it's about the future stars of the party as well, not just paul ryan. you're seeing a lot of focus on the governors here. you saw focus on chris christie last night. scott walker. i think that there is a struggle here where there is really not mitt romney's party yet, anyway. he is not a party man. he is not an establishment man. he doesn't have deep ties to this party and i think that is part of the rest of the story of this convention. i thinka as dan said how he defines himself is going to be incredibly important. we have the sense he is going to try to define himself sort of more emotionally, more as a person, more as a father. this is not something he does naturally. he's not a gifted orator. that is going to be something to watch. i think how excited people get about paul ryan versus mitt romney is going to be something to watch. i think coming out of this convention, whether the party feels unified in a very strong way or whether we're still seeing people more excited about pau
i think this is also not about mitt romney in the sense it's about paul ryan. it's about the future stars of the party as well, not just paul ryan. you're seeing a lot of focus on the governors here. you saw focus on chris christie last night. scott walker. i think that there is a struggle here where there is really not mitt romney's party yet, anyway. he is not a party man. he is not an establishment man. he doesn't have deep ties to this party and i think that is part of the rest of the story...
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now they are trying to blame its romney-ryan particular for making this an issue. with respect to iraq, we had the same position before the withdrawal which was, we agreed with the obama administration. let's have a agreement to make sure we secure our game. the vice president was put in charge of those negotiations by president obama. and they failed to get the agreement. we don't have a force as agreement because they failed to get one. that is what we are talking about. and when it comes to our veterans, we owe them a great debt of gratitude. for what they've done for us. including your son, beau, but we also want to make sure we don't lose the things we fought so hard to get. and with respect to afghan tan, the 2014 deadline, we agreed with the 2014 transition am but what we also want to do is make sure we're not protect ing weakness abroad. and that's what is happening here. this benghazi issue would be a tragedy in and of itself. but unfortunately, it's indicative of a broader problem. and that is what we are watching on our tv screens is the unraveling of th
now they are trying to blame its romney-ryan particular for making this an issue. with respect to iraq, we had the same position before the withdrawal which was, we agreed with the obama administration. let's have a agreement to make sure we secure our game. the vice president was put in charge of those negotiations by president obama. and they failed to get the agreement. we don't have a force as agreement because they failed to get one. that is what we are talking about. and when it comes to...
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when he was on stage with mitt romney, mitt romney gets big heir places and it is louder. again like sarah palin and john mccain. but the problem is paul ryan is not identified as the guy who wants to mess with your medicare. he only touched on medicare in this speech. that is going to be a rising issue in the rest of this campaign because you have got a lot of questions on both sides. both what he and obama want to do on medicare. obama has been savvy enough to avoid the whole atomic like most people running for office do. >> in the so-called obamacare they did take $716 billion out of medicare to finance that medical program. >> i'm saying the republicans, the republicans. >> fact checker. >> before you get me wrong. if i agreed with you, we'd both be wrong. it is a real issue here that everybody has to focus on. nobody has a perfect solution to the problem. >> the money came out of reimbursements from providers and much of it was put back approximate into reducing the donut hole of preventive exams for seniors. no senior has lost any ben fates because of that money plus
when he was on stage with mitt romney, mitt romney gets big heir places and it is louder. again like sarah palin and john mccain. but the problem is paul ryan is not identified as the guy who wants to mess with your medicare. he only touched on medicare in this speech. that is going to be a rising issue in the rest of this campaign because you have got a lot of questions on both sides. both what he and obama want to do on medicare. obama has been savvy enough to avoid the whole atomic like most...
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why would romney risk his reputation by a speech that -- why would ryan missed his reputation, a speech that was full of energy, why would he risk all that by putting it into things that were overly false? >> it is just a guess -- he is learning what it is to be a vice-presidential candidate. they are going to sell their point of view. they are going to sell that barack obama took $700 billion out of welfare -- medicare. if the candidate does not want to say it, the vice-presidents has to say it. m at the vice-presidential candidate is usually the type person, but you have to have some kernel of truth. blatant lies being told. >> a word on the republican party on minorities. >> if you look at the speaker, you have the strongest bench any party has ever had. romney is sort of the old guy. you've got marco rubio. you've got these governors. chris christie giving the keynote address. this guy from texas who designed the primary. niki haley of south carolina. you have governors and a few young senators, all in their 40's, representing the future of the party, although ideologically, they ar
why would romney risk his reputation by a speech that -- why would ryan missed his reputation, a speech that was full of energy, why would he risk all that by putting it into things that were overly false? >> it is just a guess -- he is learning what it is to be a vice-presidential candidate. they are going to sell their point of view. they are going to sell that barack obama took $700 billion out of welfare -- medicare. if the candidate does not want to say it, the vice-presidents has to...
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and ryan does help romney in some parts of the state. romney almost lost-- he barely won the march primary, and those voters that went for rick santorum in the rural and urban parts of ohio, it's thought maybe ryan could help romney with those voters gloo kay henderson in iowa, what about this medicare question we've within talking about? iowa is a state that has seen its economy suffer. >> the unemployment rate here has done a little uptick in the past month. in regards to the issue, the romney campaign is running an ad which essentially accuses of president of being a thief. the obama campaign has been running advertisements here trying to define mitt romney as some sort of robber baron who doesn't care about voters. so if you look at the campaign advertising, and what the candidates have been talking about on the stump here in iowa, it has appeared until today, this afternoon, that the candidates are trying to energize their base of voters, because it appears that iowa is among the purplest of states, perhaps still in this election cy
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does paul ryan defend his plan or says no, governor romney is the nominee, not me. that debate will be very interesting. gwen: we'll be watching all of it. thank you, everyone. the conversation can continue online on our "washington week" webcast extra at pbs.org/"washington week." keep up with daily developments, including next week's coverage of the vice president presidential debate. we'll see you all right here next week on "washington week." good night. >> funding for "washington week" is provided by -- >> this rock has never stood still. since 1875 we've been there for our clients through good times and bad. when their needs changed, we were there to meet them. through the years from insurance to investment management to real estate to retirement solutions, we've developed real ideas for the financial challenges ahead. this rock has never stood still, and that's one thing that will never change. prudential. >> corporateunding for "washington week" is provided by norfolk southern, boeing, desirable funding for "washington week" is -- additional funding for "was
does paul ryan defend his plan or says no, governor romney is the nominee, not me. that debate will be very interesting. gwen: we'll be watching all of it. thank you, everyone. the conversation can continue online on our "washington week" webcast extra at pbs.org/"washington week." keep up with daily developments, including next week's coverage of the vice president presidential debate. we'll see you all right here next week on "washington week." good night....